Córdoba in Argentina, Fortaleza in Brazil and Manchester in the United Kingdom resumed the distinctions at a health summit in good health, co-organized by the United Nations (WHO), Bloomberg philanthropies and vital strategies.
The Argentine city has obtained recognition from its policy to eliminate artificially sugary and sweet drinks – as well as ultra -adjustment food – from all schools by 2026. Until now, 15,000 primary schoolchildren have benefited.
“”We see a lot of progress in local leadership and mayors around the world to attack combat and try to reduce the rates of the largest killers in the worldHeart disease, diabetes, cancers and respiratory diseases, “said Jaimie Guerra, head of communications at WHO.
The summit in Paris has made mayors and civil servants of 61 cities around the world to discuss how to build healthier local communities.
WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, congratulated the three winners, who, according to him, were a model for other cities to follow, at the forefront of the fight against non-transmitted diseases and injuries.
Non -transmitted diseases include heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases. They are responsible for the vast majority of deaths, said a UN special envoy on ambition and climate solutions, Michael Bloomberg, who was also at the top in France.
Diseases “are responsible for more than 80% of all deaths in the world, but the good news is that they are avoidable”said Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies and the former mayor of New York.
Breathe
Fortaleza winner has established its first legal framework for air quality monitoring in order to slow down air pollution and help people breathe more easily.
The Brazilian city authorities in 2023 adopted a decree ensuring local surveillance of air pollutants and the installation of low -cost sensors for better data collection.
Grand Manchester Meanwhile, continued its efforts to curb the use of tobacco, introducing its first smoke -free park of 6.5 acres.
The city of northern English also launched a smoke -free toolbox for hospitals and develops a wider toolbox to support organizations to create tobacco -free spaces.
Attack the greatest killers in the world
Participants at the Healthy Cities Cities have included representatives of Dacca in Bangladesh, Helsinki in Finland, the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, Lusaka in Zambia and Quito in Ecuador.
The participating urban centers are part of the partnership for Healthy cities, a global network of 74 cities launched in 2017 to prevent non -transmitted diseases and injuries through policies and programs.
“These programs really make a difference,” said who is Ms. Guerra. “And in the partnership, most cities represent a million people. In total, it covers more than 300 million people. ”
